Commando 42-96603
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96603
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30265
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU801
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
July 1944 to September 1947
42-96603 - USAAF (USA)
July 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1947 to 1960
42-96603 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.
Unknown date
Assigned to the 2242nd Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Selfridge AFB, MI.
10 January 1958
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
2 February 1959
Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
1960 to 1961
N5098K - DASCOMP AIRCRAFT SUPPLIES (USA)
1960
Purchased from USAF. [this is much earlier that most USAF Commandos, which were auctioned in 1965]
1961 to 1974Last edited: 24/01/2020